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re: Judge strikes down Michigan's ban on gay marriage[W:95]

America's ayatollahs strike again. So much for constitution, it means what they say it means. So much for the will of the people in their own state, it just doesn't matter. Don't fret, they're benevolent tyrants, they only want what they think is the very best for you.

re: Judge strikes down Michigan's ban on gay marriage[W:95]

So We, you know, the People, do not get to decide what is acceptable and not in our own culture anymore? Judicial tyrants decide that for us now, do they?

Scary.

We do decide, via the US Constitution. We the people have decided that the states and other people, even a majority, cannot take treat groups unfairly under the law without showing that this treatment furthers some legitimate state interest (the 14th Amendment, EPC). That takes precedent over any vote the people make, whether direct (via ballot) or indirect (via representatives).

"A woman is like a teabag, you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water." - Eleanor Roosevelt

re: Judge strikes down Michigan's ban on gay marriage[W:95]

Originally Posted by roguenuke

We do decide, via the US Constitution. We the people have decided that the states and other people, even a majority, cannot take treat groups unfairly under the law without showing that this treatment furthers some legitimate state interest (the 14th Amendment, EPC). That takes precedent over any vote the people make, whether direct (via ballot) or indirect (via representatives).

The courts decide these matters. The people many times get abused by the state when they make a ruling. This time just happens to be an exception to the rule in the case of the later.

re: Judge strikes down Michigan's ban on gay marriage[W:95]

Originally Posted by clownboy

America's ayatollahs strike again.

So much for constitution, it means what they say it means. So much for the will of the people in their own state, it just doesn't matter. Don't fret, they're benevolent tyrants, they only want what they think is the very best for you.

Anyone who doesn't like the way that we do things in the USA needs to re-write the constitution or move to Saudi Arabia.